Biomedicine 1 Flashcards
What did WW2 lead to in regards to bioethics?
Provided code of ethics
Who was the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
Who discovered the microscope?
Robert Hooke
What did Edward Jenner create?
Vaccine
What did Burke and Hare do?
Rob bodies from graves to dissect them
What are the 3 key ethic principles?
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Virtue
What is deontological ethics?
Based on what people do and not the outcomes
We should treat everyone as we wish to be treated
What is utilitarianism ethics?
If an act is right or wrong depends on the result of the act
What is virtue ethics?
A right act is a virtuous person would do the same in the same circumstance
What experiments did Nazis carry out in WW2?
Testing twins, freezing experiments and sterilisation
What was the Tuskegee experiment?
Told they were getting free healthcare for syphilis. The US wanted to see what would happen if they weren’t cured. Men given tests and followed up. Postmortem were agreed to.
What is the Nuremberg code?
Ethics of consent
What is the declaration of Helsinki?
Ethics of research
What are the 4 biomedical ethics?
Non maleficence
Beneficence
Autonomy
Justice
What is non maleficence?
Do not harm
